Information search method and apparatus

ABSTRACT

Embodiments of the present invention disclose an information search method and apparatus, where the method includes: acquiring a query keyword input by a user and a bookmark website address; acquiring a target bookmark website address according to the query keyword and the bookmark website address, where a page to which the target bookmark website address points includes the query keyword; and displaying a page label item corresponding to the target bookmark website address. By using the present invention, a website address that is actually required by a user can be more comprehensively and accurately found, so as to improve query efficiency and accuracy.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the field of communicationstechnologies, and in particular, to an information search method andapparatus.

BACKGROUND

When using a browser to browse a web page, a user can record and keep,by using a favorites folder function of the browser, a website addressthat the user is fond of or a website address that the user commonlyuses. As a quantity of browsed web pages increases, a quantity ofwebsite addresses saved by the user also increases. In this case, theuser can search the favorites folder and browse history for a relatedkeyword to find a website address required by the user.

In the prior art, a browser can search a web page name corresponding toeach website address in the favorites folder and the browse history, soas to detect whether a related keyword is included in the web page name;when a web page name includes the related keyword, the browser displaysthe web page name. However, when a web page name does not include therelated keyword, but a web page corresponding to the web page nameincludes the related keyword, the browser cannot display the web pagename. Therefore, search accuracy of a search method in the prior art isaffected to some extent.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present invention provide an information searchmethod and apparatus, which can more comprehensively and accurately finda website address actually required by a user, so as to improve searchaccuracy.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, an informationsearch method is provided, including:

acquiring a query keyword input by a user and a bookmark websiteaddress;

acquiring a target bookmark website address according to the querykeyword and the bookmark website address, where a page to which thetarget bookmark website address points includes the query keyword; anddisplaying a page label item corresponding to the target bookmarkwebsite address.

In a first possible implementation manner, the acquiring a targetbookmark website address according to the query keyword and the bookmarkwebsite address includes:

when a page to which the bookmark website address points is not loadedor a page to which the bookmark website address points cannot besuccessfully loaded, sending search request information that isassociated with both the query keyword and the bookmark website addressto a search server;

receiving a search result that is obtained by the search server bysearching the page to which the bookmark website address points; and

determining, when it is determined, according to the search result, thatthe page to which the bookmark website address points includes the querykeyword, that the bookmark website address corresponding to the pageincluding the query keyword is the target bookmark website address.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the sending searchrequest information that is associated with both the query keyword andthe bookmark website address to a search server includes:

separately creating, for each of the bookmark website address, a firstsearch request that is associated with the query keyword; and

separately sending the created first search request to the searchserver, where

the first search request includes at least: an address of the searchserver, one bookmark website address, and the query keyword.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, in a third possible implementation manner, the sending searchrequest information that is associated with both the query keyword andthe bookmark website address to a search server includes:

creating, for all bookmark website addresses, a second search requestthat is associated with the query keyword; and

sending the second search request to the search server, where

the second search request includes at least: an address of the searchserver, the query keyword, and all the bookmark website addresses.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, or the second possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, or the third possible implementation manner of the first aspect,in a fourth possible implementation manner, the determining, when it isdetermined, according to the search result, that the page to which thebookmark website address points includes the query keyword, that thebookmark website address corresponding to the page including the querykeyword is the target bookmark website address includes:

determining whether a network address exists in the search resultreturned by the search server, where the network address is an addressthat is found by the search server and is corresponding to the pageincluding the query keyword; and

if it is determined that the network address exists, determining whetherthe network address in the search result matches the bookmark websiteaddress; and

determining that the bookmark website address that matches the networkaddress in the search result is the target bookmark website address.

With reference to the first aspect, or the first possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, or the second possible implementation mannerof the first aspect, or the third possible implementation manner of thefirst aspect, or the fourth possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner, after the displayinga page label item corresponding to the target bookmark website address,the method further includes:

when a click operation on the page label item is detected, jumping tothe page to which the target bookmark website address points; or

when a click operation on the page label item is detected, jumping to apage to which a web page snapshot address corresponding to the targetbookmark website address points.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, an informationsearch apparatus is provided, including:

a first acquiring module, configured to acquire a query keyword input bya user and a bookmark website address;

a second acquiring module, configured to acquire a target bookmarkwebsite address according to the query keyword and the bookmark websiteaddress, where a page to which the target bookmark website addresspoints includes the query keyword; and

a displaying module, configured to display a page label itemcorresponding to the target bookmark website address.

In a first possible implementation manner, the second acquiring moduleincludes:

a sending unit, configured to send, when a page to which the bookmarkwebsite address points is not loaded or a page to which the bookmarkwebsite address points cannot be successfully loaded, search requestinformation that is associated with both the query keyword and thebookmark website address to a search server;

a result receiving unit, configured to receive a search result that isobtained by the search server by searching the page to which thebookmark website address points; and

a determining unit, configured to determine, when it is determined,according to the search result, that the page to which the bookmarkwebsite address points includes the query keyword, that the bookmarkwebsite address corresponding to the page including the query keyword isthe target bookmark website address.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the sending unitincludes:

a first creating subunit, configured to separately create, for each ofthe bookmark website address, a first search request that is associatedwith the query keyword; and

a first request sending subunit, configured to separately send thecreated first search request to the search server, where

the first search request includes at least: an address of the searchserver, one bookmark website address, and the query keyword.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, in a third possible implementation manner, the sending unitincludes:

a second creating subunit, configured to create, for all bookmarkwebsite addresses, a second search request that is associated with thequery keyword; and

a second request sending subunit, configured to send the second searchrequest to the search server, where

the second search request includes at least: an address of the searchserver, the query keyword, and all the bookmark website addresses.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, or the second possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, or the third possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner, the determining unitincludes:

a first judging subunit, configured to determine whether a networkaddress exists in the search result returned by the search server, wherethe network address is an address that is found by the search server andis corresponding to the page including the query keyword;

a second judging subunit, configured to determine, if the first judgingsubunit determines that the network address exists, whether the networkaddress in the search result matches the bookmark website address; and

a target determining subunit, configured to determine that the bookmarkwebsite address that matches the network address in the search result isthe target bookmark website address.

With reference to the second aspect, or the first possibleimplementation manner of the second aspect, or the second possibleimplementation manner of the second aspect, or the third possibleimplementation manner of the second aspect, or the fourth possibleimplementation manner of the second aspect, in a fifth possibleimplementation manner, the apparatus further includes:

a first jumping module, configured to, when a click operation on thepage label item is detected, implement a jump to the page to which thetarget bookmark website address points; and

a second jumping module, configured to, when a click operation on thepage label item is detected, implement a jump to a page to which a webpage snapshot address corresponding to the target bookmark websiteaddress points.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a computer storagemedium is provided, where

the computer storage medium stores a program, where a part of or allsteps in the information search method according to the first aspect areincluded when the program is executed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, an informationsearch apparatus is provided, including: a processor, a communicationsinterface, and a memory, where

the communications interface is configured to communicate with a searchserver;

the memory is configured to store a program; and

the processor is configured to execute the program, so as to implement:

acquiring a query keyword input by a user and a bookmark websiteaddress;

acquiring a target bookmark website address according to the querykeyword and the bookmark website address, where a page to which thetarget bookmark website address points includes the query keyword; and

displaying a page label item corresponding to the target bookmarkwebsite address.

In a first possible implementation manner, the processor is specificallyconfigured to:

when a page to which the bookmark website address points is not loadedor a page to which the bookmark website address points cannot besuccessfully loaded, send search request information that is associatedwith both the query keyword and the bookmark website address to thesearch server;

receive a search result that is obtained by the search server bysearching the page to which the bookmark website address points; and

determine, when it is determined, according to the search result, thatthe page to which the bookmark website address points includes the querykeyword, that the bookmark website address corresponding to the pageincluding the query keyword is the target bookmark website address.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the fourthaspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the processor isspecifically configured to:

separately create, for each of the bookmark website address, a firstsearch request that is associated with the query keyword; and

separately send the created first search request to the search server,where the first search request includes at least: an address of thesearch server, one bookmark website address, and the query keyword.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the fourthaspect, in a third possible implementation manner, the processor isspecifically configured to:

create, for all bookmark website addresses, a second search request thatis associated with the query keyword; and

send the second search request to the search server, where

the second search request includes at least: an address of the searchserver, the query keyword, and all the bookmark website addresses.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the fourthaspect, or the second possible implementation manner of the fourthaspect, or the third possible implementation manner of the fourthaspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner, the processor isspecifically configured to:

determine whether a network address exists in the search result returnedby the search server, where the network address is an address that isfound by the search server and is corresponding to the page includingthe query keyword; and

if it is determined that the network address exists, determine whetherthe network address in the search result matches the bookmark websiteaddress; and

determine that the bookmark website address that matches the networkaddress in the search result is the target bookmark website address.

With reference to the fourth aspect, or the first possibleimplementation manner of the fourth aspect, or the second possibleimplementation manner of the fourth aspect, or the third possibleimplementation manner of the fourth aspect, or the fourth possibleimplementation manner of the fourth aspect, in a fifth possibleimplementation manner, the processor is further configured to:

when a click operation on the page label item is detected, implement ajump to the page to which the target bookmark website address points; or

when a click operation on the page label item is detected, implement ajump to a page to which a web page snapshot address corresponding to thetarget bookmark website address points.

It can be seen from the foregoing that in the embodiments of the presentinvention, a target bookmark website address is acquired; because a pageto which the target bookmark website address points includes the querykeyword, the target bookmark website address that is finally obtained bysearching is more comprehensive and accurate, so that a user canactually find a required website address, thereby improving queryefficiency and search accuracy.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the presentinvention or in the prior art more clearly, the following brieflyintroduces the accompanying drawings required for describing theembodiments. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the followingdescription show merely some embodiments of the present invention, and aperson of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings fromthese accompanying drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of an information search methodaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of another information search methodaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for determining a targetbookmark website address according to an embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an information searchapparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a second acquiring moduleaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a sending unit according toan embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a determining unit accordingto an embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of another information searchapparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The following clearly and completely describes the technical solutionsin the embodiments of the present invention with reference to theaccompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention.Apparently, the described embodiments are merely a part rather than allof the embodiments of the present invention. All other embodimentsobtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on theembodiments of the present invention without creative efforts shall fallwithin the protection scope of the present invention.

Refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic flowchart of an information searchmethod according to an embodiment of the present invention. The methodincludes:

S101. Acquire a query keyword input by a user and a bookmark websiteaddress.

Specifically, when the user inputs the query keyword on a searchinterface of a browser, the browser may acquire the query keyword inputby the user and the bookmark website address, where the bookmark websiteaddress may be all website addresses in a favorites folder or browsehistory of the browser or both, and the bookmark website address mayalso come from another area that is in a user terminal and stores awebsite address, such as a website address stored in a short messageservice message. The query keyword may be a query keyword input by theuser; for example, the user may input a keyword, such as “smart phone”and “tablet computer” so as to find a bookmark website address that isassociated with the keyword “smart phone”, “tablet computer”, and thelike. The browser may further provide a search option for the user, sothat the user performs a search in the favorites folder or the browsehistory or both; for example, the search option may include thefavorites folder, the browse history, a browse time range, and the like.By selecting a search option, a search range can be reduced to improvesearch efficiency.

S102. Acquire a target bookmark website address according to the querykeyword and the bookmark website address, where a page to which thetarget bookmark website address points includes the query keyword.

Specifically, the browser may acquire the target bookmark websiteaddress according to the query keyword and the bookmark website address,where the page to which the target bookmark website address pointsincludes the query keyword. A manner of acquiring the target bookmarkwebsite address by the browser may be specifically as follows: thebrowser sends search request information that is associated with boththe query keyword and the bookmark website address to a search server,so that the search server loads each bookmark website address accordingto the search request information. In this case, the search server maydetermine, by searching, whether a page to which each bookmark websiteaddress points includes the query keyword, and return a search result tothe browser; the browser may acquire the target bookmark website addressaccording to the search result, where the search server may be a backendserver of a search website. Because each bookmark website address isloaded and searched by using the search server, the browser may obtainthe target bookmark website address without a need of loading thebookmark website address, thereby reducing network traffic and runningpressure of the user terminal.

S103. Display a page label item corresponding to the target bookmarkwebsite address.

Specifically, after the target bookmark website address is acquired, thebrowser may display the page label item corresponding to the targetbookmark website address, where the page label item may be a websitename of a bookmark website address. For example, if a bookmark websiteaddress is “www.baidu.com”, a corresponding page label item may be“Baidu”. Though some page label items displayed on a search resultinterface of the browser may not include the query keyword, page contentcorresponding to the page label items includes the query keyword.Therefore, the page label items that are found are comprehensive andaccurate, and the user can quickly find an actually desired websiteaddress, thereby improving query efficiency.

It can be seen from the foregoing, in this embodiment of the presentinvention, a search server determines, by searching, whether a page towhich each bookmark website address points includes a query keyword, andreturns a search result to a browser, so that the browser may obtain atarget bookmark website address according to the search result. Becausea page to which the target bookmark website address points includes thequery keyword, the target bookmark website address that is finallyobtained by searching is more comprehensive and accurate, so that a usercan actually find a required website address, thereby improving queryefficiency and accuracy. In addition, because the search server cansearch page content, an uncached bookmark website address does not needto be loaded on a browser side to perform a search, thereby reducingnetwork traffic and running pressure of a user terminal.

Further refer to FIG. 2, which is a schematic flowchart of anotherinformation search method according to an embodiment of the presentinvention. The method includes:

S201. Acquire a query keyword input by a user and a bookmark websiteaddress. Specifically, when the user inputs the query keyword on asearch interface of a browser, the browser may acquire the query keywordinput by the user and the bookmark website address, where the bookmarkwebsite address may be all website addresses in a favorites folder orbrowse history of the browser or both, and the bookmark website addressmay also come from another area that is in a user terminal and stores awebsite address, such as a website address stored in a short messageservice message. The query keyword may be a query keyword input by theuser; for example, the user may input a keyword, such as “smart phone”and “tablet computer”, so as to find a bookmark website address that isassociated with the keyword “smart phone”, “tablet computer”, and thelike. The browser may further provide a search option for the user, sothat the user performs a search in the favorites folder or the browsehistory or both; for example, the search option may include thefavorites folder, the browse history, a browse time range, and the like.By selecting a search option, a search range can be reduced to improvesearch efficiency.

S202. When a page to which the bookmark website address points is notloaded or a page to which the bookmark website address points cannot besuccessfully loaded, send search request information that is associatedwith both the query keyword and the bookmark website address to a searchserver.

Specifically, when the page to which the bookmark website address pointsis not loaded or the page to which the bookmark website address pointscannot be successfully loaded, the browser may send the search requestinformation that is associated with both the query keyword and thebookmark website address to the search server, so that the search servercompletes a search function, where the search server may be a backendserver of a search website. The browser may choose not to load allbookmark website addresses from the very beginning, and in this case,the browser sends search request information that is associated withboth the query keyword and all the bookmark website addresses to thesearch server. Alternatively, the browser may choose to load all thebookmark website addresses from the very beginning, and in this case,the browser may directly search a page to which a bookmark websiteaddress points, where the bookmark website address can be successfullyloaded; for a bookmark website address that cannot be successfullyloaded, the browser may send, to the search server, search requestinformation that is associated with both the query keyword and thebookmark website address that cannot be successfully loaded.

The search request information that is associated with both the querykeyword and the bookmark website address may include: a first searchrequest that carries the query keyword and one bookmark website address,and a second search request that carries the query keyword and all thebookmark website addresses.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the step of sending searchrequest information that is associated with both the query keyword andthe bookmark website address to a search server may specificallyinclude:

separately creating, for each of the bookmark website address, the firstsearch request that is associated with the query keyword; and

sending the created first search request to the search server, where

the first search request includes at least: an address of the searchserver, one bookmark website address, and the query keyword.

Specifically, all the bookmark website addresses or a bookmark websiteaddress that cannot be successfully loaded is traversed, and the firstsearch request that is associated with the query keyword is separatelycreated for each traversed bookmark website address, where the firstsearch request carries a first search string, and the first searchstring includes at least: a search server address string, a bookmarkwebsite address string, a query keyword string, and another relatedsearch parameter. For example, a search server address string in a firstsearch string corresponding to a bookmark website address may behttp://www.google.com/#, a corresponding query keyword string may beq=browsers, and a format of a bookmark website address string may be“+inurl:bookmark website address url”. Therefore, a bookmark websiteaddress string corresponding to the bookmark website address may be asfollows:

+inurl:http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter.html.

The another related search parameter may be a web page coding parameter,such as &ie=UTF-8. Then, the first search string corresponding to thebookmark website address may be as follows:

http://www.google.com/#q=browsers+inurl:http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter.html&ie=UTF-8.

The browser separately sends the created first search request to thesearch server, and the search server may separately parse each firstsearch request to obtain the first search string carried in the firstsearch request, and search, according to the bookmark website addressstring and the query keyword string in the first search string, the pageto which the bookmark website address points.

Alternatively, in this embodiment of the present invention, the step ofsending search request information that is associated with both thequery keyword and the bookmark website address to a search server mayspecifically include:

creating, for all bookmark website addresses, a second search requestthat is associated with the query keyword; and

sending the second search request to the search server, where

the second search request includes at least: an address of the searchserver, the query keyword, and all the bookmark website addresses.

Specifically, the second search request may carry a second search stringand a header field that is used to store the bookmark website address,where the second search string includes at least: a search serveraddress string, a query keyword string, and another related searchparameter. For example, the another search parameter in the secondsearch string may be a web page coding parameter, such as &ie=UTF-8, thesearch server address string in the second search string may behttp://www.google.com.hk/, and the query keyword string in the secondsearch string may be q=browsers. Then, the second search string may beas follows:

http://www.google.com.hk/search?q=browsers&ie=UTF-8.

After the second search string is created, the header field that is usedto store the bookmark website address may be created in the HTTPprotocol. That is, all bookmark website addresses are stored in thenewly created header field. For example, the created header field isTargetURLs:

[http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter.html],[http://developer.android.com/about/index.html], . . .

For another example, a structure of the created second search requestmay be as follows:

GET: http://www.google.comhk/search?q=browsers&ie=UTF-8 HTTP/1.1

Host: www.google.com.hk

Proxy-Connection: keep-alive

Cache-Control: max-age=0

Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8

Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch

TargetURLs: [http://developer.android.com/about/index.html],[http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter.html],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webbrowser]

The browser sends the created second search request to the searchserver, and the search server may parse the second search request toobtain the second search string and the header field that are carried inthe second search request, and search, according to the query keywordstring in the second search string and the bookmark website addressstored in the header field, a page to which each bookmark websiteaddress points.

S203. Receive a search result that is obtained by the search server bysearching the page to which the bookmark website address points.

Specifically, the search server may search, according to the firstsearch request or the second search request, the page to which thebookmark website address points, and detect whether the page to whichthe bookmark website address points includes the query keyword, so as toobtain the search result. In this case, the browser may receive thesearch result returned by the search server. If the search resultincludes a network address, a page to which the network address pointsincludes the query keyword.

S204. Determine, when it is determined, according to the search result,that the page to which the bookmark website address points includes thequery keyword, that the bookmark website address corresponding to thepage including the query keyword is the target bookmark website address.

Specifically, when the browser determines, according to the searchresult, that the page to which the bookmark website address pointsincludes the query keyword, the browser may determine that the bookmarkwebsite address corresponding to the page including the query keyword isthe target bookmark website address, that is, the page to which thetarget bookmark website address points necessarily includes the querykeyword.

S205. Display a page label item corresponding to the target bookmarkwebsite address.

Specifically, after the target bookmark website address is acquired, thebrowser may display the page label item corresponding to the targetbookmark website address, where the page label item may be a websitename of a bookmark website address. For example, if a bookmark websiteaddress is “www.baidu.com”, a corresponding page label item may be“Baidu”. Though some page label items displayed on a search resultinterface of the browser may not include the query keyword, page contentcorresponding to the page label items includes the query keyword.Therefore, the page label items that are found are comprehensive andaccurate, and the user can quickly find an actually desired websiteaddress, thereby improving query efficiency.

S206. When a click operation on the page label item is detected, jump tothe page to which the target bookmark website address points.

S207. When a click operation on the page label item is detected, jump toa page to which a web page snapshot address corresponding to the targetbookmark website address points.

Specifically, the page label item may carry the target bookmark websiteaddress. After the user clicks the displayed page label item, thebrowser may jump to the page to which the target bookmark websiteaddress points.

In addition, the page label item may further carry the web page snapshotaddress corresponding to the target bookmark website address. After theuser clicks the displayed page label item, the browser may jump to thepage to which the web page snapshot address corresponding to the targetbookmark website address points. By using the web page snapshot address,the user can view a page to which a bookmark website address points,where the bookmark website address cannot be successfully loaded by thebrowser. A specific process of acquiring a web page snapshot address maybe as follows: the search server acquires, when the search result isobtained, a web page snapshot address corresponding to each networkaddress from the search result; when the target bookmark website addressis acquired according to the search result, the browser replaces thetarget bookmark website address with a corresponding web page snapshotaddress, so that a displayed page label item can carry the web pagesnapshot address corresponding to the target bookmark website address.

It can be seen from the foregoing, in this embodiment of the presentinvention, a search server determines, by searching, whether a page towhich each bookmark website address points includes a query keyword, andreturns a search result to a browser, so that the browser may obtain atarget bookmark website address according to the search result. Becausea page to which the target bookmark website address points includes thequery keyword, the target bookmark website address that is finallyobtained by searching is more comprehensive and accurate, so that a usercan actually find a required website address, thereby improving queryefficiency and accuracy. In addition, because the search server cansearch page content, an uncached bookmark website address does not needto be loaded on a browser side to perform a search, thereby reducingnetwork traffic and running pressure of a user terminal.

Further, refer to FIG. 3, which is a schematic flowchart of a method fordetermining a target bookmark website address according to an embodimentof the present invention. The method in this embodiment of the presentinvention may be corresponding to S204 in the embodiment correspondingto FIG. 2. The method in this embodiment of the present inventionspecifically includes:

S301. Determine whether a network address exists in a search resultreturned by the search server.

Specifically, after the browser acquires the search result returned bythe search server, the browser determines whether a network addressexists in the search result returned by the search server, where thenetwork address is an address that is found by the search server and iscorresponding to the page including the query keyword.

S302. If it is determined that the network address exists, determinewhether the network address in the search result matches the bookmarkwebsite address.

Specifically, in step S301, when it is determined that the networkaddress exists, the browser may further determine whether the networkaddress in the search result matches the bookmark website address; if instep S301, it is determined that the website address does not exist, itindicates that no page to which the bookmark website address pointsincludes the query keyword.

S303. Determine that the bookmark website address that matches thenetwork address in the search result is the target bookmark websiteaddress.

Specifically, in step S302, when it is determined that the networkaddress in the search result matches the bookmark website address, thebrowser may determine that the bookmark website address that matches thenetwork address in the search result is the target bookmark websiteaddress, that is, the browser acquires the target bookmark websiteaddress. If the network address does not match the bookmark websiteaddress, it indicates that the page to which the bookmark websiteaddress points does not include the query keyword.

In this embodiment of the present invention, by determining whether anetwork address in a search result matches a bookmark website address, apage label item that meets a requirement can be accurately displayed foruser query.

Refer to FIG. 4, which is a schematic structural diagram of aninformation search apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the presentinvention. The information search apparatus 1 may include: a firstacquiring module 10, a second acquiring module 20, and a displayingmodule 30.

The first acquiring module 10 is configured to acquire a query keywordinput by a user and a bookmark website address.

Specifically, when the user inputs the query keyword on a searchinterface of a browser, the first acquiring module 10 may acquire thequery keyword input by the user and the bookmark website address, wherethe bookmark website address may be all website addresses in a favoritesfolder or browse history of the browser or both, and the bookmarkwebsite address may also come from another area that is in a userterminal and stores a website address, such as a website address storedin a short message service message. The query keyword may be a querykeyword input by the user; for example, the user may input a keyword,such as “smart phone” and “tablet computer”, so as to find a bookmarkwebsite address that is associated with the keyword “smart phone”,“tablet computer”, and the like. The first acquiring module 10 mayfurther provide a search option for the user, so that the user performsa search in the favorites folder or the browse history or both; forexample, the search option may include the favorites folder, the browsehistory, a browse time range, and the like. By selecting a searchoption, a search range can be reduced to improve search efficiency.

The second acquiring module 20 is configured to acquire a targetbookmark website address according to the query keyword and the bookmarkwebsite address, where a page to which the target bookmark websiteaddress points includes the query keyword.

Specifically, the second acquiring module 20 may acquire the targetbookmark website address according to the query keyword and the bookmarkwebsite address, where the page to which the target bookmark websiteaddress points includes the query keyword. A manner of acquiring atarget bookmark website address by the second acquiring module 20 may bespecifically as follows: the second acquiring module 20 sends searchrequest information that is associated with both the query keyword andthe bookmark website address to a search server, so that the searchserver loads each bookmark website address according to the searchrequest information. In this case, the search server may determine, bysearching, whether a page to which each bookmark website address pointsincludes the query keyword, and return a search result to the secondacquiring module 20; the second acquiring module 20 may acquire thetarget bookmark website address according to the search result, wherethe search server may be a backend server of a search website. Becauseeach bookmark website address is loaded and searched by using the searchserver, the second acquiring module 20 may obtain the target bookmarkwebsite address without a need of loading the bookmark website address,thereby reducing network traffic and running pressure of the userterminal.

The displaying module 30 is configured to display a page label itemcorresponding to the target bookmark website address.

Specifically, after the second acquiring module 20 acquires the targetbookmark website address, the displaying module 30 may display the pagelabel item corresponding to the target bookmark website address, wherethe page label item may be a website name of a bookmark website address.For example, if a bookmark website address is “www.baidu.com”, acorresponding page label item may be “Baidu”. Though some page labelitems displayed on a search result interface of the displaying module 30may not include the query keyword, page content corresponding to thepage label items includes the query keyword. Therefore, the page labelitems that are found are comprehensive and accurate, and the user canquickly find an actually desired website address, thereby improvingquery efficiency.

The information search apparatus 1 provided in this embodiment of thepresent invention may further include: a first jumping module and asecond jumping module.

The first jumping module is configured to, when a click operation on thepage label item is detected, implement a jump to the page to which thetarget bookmark website address points.

Specifically, the page label item may carry the target bookmark websiteaddress. After the user clicks the displayed page label item, the firstjumping module may implement a jump to the page to which the targetbookmark website address points.

The second jumping module is configured to, when a click operation onthe page label item is detected, implement a jump to a page to which aweb page snapshot address corresponding to the target bookmark websiteaddress points.

Specifically, the page label item may further carry the web pagesnapshot address corresponding to the target bookmark website address.After the user clicks the displayed page label item, the second jumpingmodule may implement a jump to the page to which the web page snapshotaddress corresponding to the target bookmark website address points. Byusing the web page snapshot address, the user can view a page to which abookmark website address points, where the bookmark website addresscannot be successfully loaded by the information search apparatus 1. Aspecific process of acquiring a web page snapshot address may be asfollows: the search server acquires, when the search result is obtained,a web page snapshot address corresponding to each network address fromthe search result; when the target bookmark website address is acquiredaccording to the search result, the information search apparatus 1replaces the target bookmark website address with a corresponding webpage snapshot address, so that a displayed page label item can carry theweb page snapshot address corresponding to the target bookmark websiteaddress.

The information search apparatus 1 may be disposed in the browser in theuser terminal, so that the browser can have a function of theinformation search apparatus 1.

Further, refer to FIG. 5, which is a schematic structural diagram of asecond acquiring module 20 according to an embodiment of the presentinvention. The second acquiring module 20 may include a sending unit201, a result receiving unit 202, and a determining unit 203.

The sending unit 201 is configured to send, when a page to which thebookmark website address points is not loaded or a page to which thebookmark website address points cannot be successfully loaded, searchrequest information that is associated with both the query keyword andthe bookmark website address to the search server.

Specifically, when the page to which the bookmark website address pointsis not loaded or the page to which the bookmark website address pointscannot be successfully loaded, the sending unit 201 may send the searchrequest information that is associated with both the query keyword andthe bookmark website address to the search server, so that the searchserver completes a search function, where the search server may be abackend server of a search website. The information search apparatus 1may choose not to load all bookmark website addresses from the verybeginning, and in this case, the sending unit 201 sends search requestinformation that is associated with both the query keyword and all thebookmark website addresses to the search server. Alternatively, theinformation search apparatus 1 may choose to load all bookmark websiteaddresses from the very beginning, and in this case, the informationsearch apparatus 1 may directly search a page to which a bookmarkwebsite address points, where the bookmark website address can besuccessfully loaded; for a bookmark website address that cannot besuccessfully loaded, the sending unit 201 may send, to the searchserver, search request information that is associated with both thequery keyword and the bookmark website address that cannot besuccessfully loaded.

The result receiving unit 202 is configured to receive a search resultthat is obtained by the search server by searching the page to which thebookmark website address points.

Specifically, the search server may search, according to the searchrequest information, the page to which the bookmark website addresspoints, and detect whether the page to which the bookmark websiteaddress points includes the query keyword, so as to obtain the searchresult. In this case, the result receiving unit 202 may receive thesearch result returned by the search server. If the search resultincludes a network address, a page to which the network address pointsincludes the query keyword.

The determining unit 203 is configured to determine, when it isdetermined, according to the search result, that the page to which thebookmark website address points includes the query keyword, that thebookmark website address corresponding to the page including the querykeyword is the target bookmark website address.

Specifically, when the information search apparatus 1 determines,according to the search result, that the page to which the bookmarkwebsite address points includes the query keyword, the determining unit203 may determine that the bookmark website address corresponding to thepage including the query keyword is the target bookmark website address,that is, the page to which the target bookmark website address pointsnecessarily includes the query keyword.

Further, refer to FIG. 6, which is a schematic structural diagram of asending unit 201 according to an embodiment of the present invention.The sending unit 201 includes: a first creating subunit 2011, a firstrequest sending subunit 2012, a second creating subunit 2013, and asecond request sending subunit 2014.

The first creating subunit 2011 is configured to separately create, foreach of the bookmark website address, a first search request that isassociated with the query keyword.

Specifically, the first search request includes at least: an address ofthe search server, one bookmark website address, and the query keyword.The first creating subunit 2011 traverses all the bookmark websiteaddresses or a bookmark website address that cannot be successfullyloaded, and separately creates, for each traversed bookmark websiteaddress, the first search request that is associated with the keyword,where the first search request carries a first search string, and thefirst search string includes at least: a search server address string, abookmark website address string, a query keyword string, and anotherrelated search parameter. For example, a search server address string ina first search string corresponding to a bookmark website address may behttp://www.google.com/#, a corresponding query keyword string may beq=browsers, and a format of a bookmark website address string may be“+inurl:bookmark website address url”. Therefore, a bookmark websiteaddress string corresponding to the bookmark website address may be asfollows:

+inurl:http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter.html.

The another related search parameter may be a web page coding parameter,such as &ie=UTF-8. Then, the first search string corresponding to thebookmark website address may be as follows:

http://www.google.com/#q=browsers+inurl:http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter.html&ie=UTF-8.

The first request sending subunit 2012 is configured to separately sendthe created first search request to the search server.

Specifically, the first request sending subunit 2012 may separately sendthe created first search request to the search server, and the searchserver may parse each first search request to obtain a first searchstring carried in the first search request, and search, according to abookmark website address string and a query keyword string in the firstsearch string, the page to which the bookmark website address points.

The second creating subunit 2013 is configured to create, for allbookmark website addresses, a second search request that is associatedwith the query keyword.

Specifically, the second search request includes at least: an address ofthe search server, the query keyword, and all the bookmark websiteaddresses. The second creating subunit 2013 may create, for all thebookmark website addresses, the second search request that is associatedwith the query keyword, where the second search request may carry asecond search string and a header field that is used to store thebookmark website address. The second search string includes at least: asearch server address string, a query keyword string, and anotherrelated search parameter. For example, the another search parameter inthe second search string may be a web page coding parameter, such as&ie=UTF-8, the search server address string in the second search stringmay be http://www.google.com.hk/, and the query keyword string in thesecond search string may be q=browsers. Then, the second search stringmay be as follows:

http://www.google.com.hk/search?q=browsers&ie=UTF-8.

After the second search string is created, the header field that is usedto store the bookmark website address may be created in the HTTPprotocol. That is, all bookmark website addresses are stored in thenewly created header field. For example, the created header field isTargetURLs:

[http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter.html],

[http://developer.android.com/about/index.html], . . .

For another example, a structure of the created second search requestmay be as follows:

GET: http://www.google.com hk/search?q=browsers&ie=UTF-8 HTTP/1.1

Host: www.google.com.hk

Proxy-Connection: keep-alive

Cache-Control: max-age=0

Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml; q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8

Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch

TargetURLs: [http://developer.android.com/about/index.html],[http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter.html],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webbrowser]

The second request sending subunit 2014 is configured to send the secondsearch request to the search server.

Specifically, the second request sending subunit 2014 may send thecreated second search request to the search server, and the searchserver may parse the second search request to obtain the second searchstring and the header field that are carried in the second searchrequest, and search, according to the query keyword string in the secondsearch string and the bookmark website address stored in the headerfield, a page to which each bookmark website address points.

The information search apparatus 1 may control the first creatingsubunit 2011 or the second creating subunit 2013 or both to perform anoperation. For example, when the first creating subunit 2011 performs anoperation, the second creating subunit 2013 stops working; or, when thesecond creating subunit 2013 performs an operation, the first creatingsubunit 2011 stops working; or, the first creating subunit 2011 performsa corresponding operation on a part of bookmark website addresses, andthe second creating subunit 2013 performs a corresponding operation onanother part of the bookmark website addresses.

Further, refer to FIG. 7, which is a schematic structural diagram of adetermining unit 203 according to an embodiment of the presentinvention. The determining unit 203 may include: a first judging subunit2031, a second judging subunit 2032, and a target determining subunit2033.

The first judging subunit 2031 is configured to determine whether anetwork address exists in the search result returned by the searchserver, where the network address is an address that is found by thesearch server and is corresponding to the page including the querykeyword.

Specifically, after the search result returned by the search server isacquired, the first judging subunit 2031 may determine whether a networkaddress exists in the search result returned by the search server, wherethe network address is an address that is found by the search server andis corresponding to the page including the query keyword.

The second judging subunit 2032 is configured to determine, if the firstjudging subunit 2031 determines that the network address exists, whetherthe network address in the search result matches the bookmark websiteaddress.

Specifically, when the first judging subunit 2031 determines that thenetwork address exists, the second judging subunit 2032 may furtherdetermine whether the network address in the search result matches thebookmark website address; if the first judging subunit 2031 determinesthat the network address does not exist, it indicates that no page towhich the bookmark website address points includes the query keyword.

The target determining subunit 2033 is configured to determine that thebookmark website address that matches the network address in the searchresult is the target bookmark website address.

Specifically, when the second judging subunit 2032 determines that thenetwork address in the search result matches the bookmark websiteaddress, the target determining subunit 2033 may determine the bookmarkwebsite address that matches the network address in the search result isthe target bookmark website address, that is, the second acquiringmodule 20 acquires the target bookmark website address. If the networkaddress does not match the bookmark website address, it indicates thatthe page to which the bookmark website address points does not includethe query keyword.

It can be seen from the foregoing, in this embodiment of the presentinvention, a search server determines, by searching, whether a page towhich each bookmark website address points includes a query keyword, andreturns a search result to a browser, so that the browser may obtain atarget bookmark website address according to the search result. Becausea page to which the target bookmark website address points includes thequery keyword, the target bookmark website address that is finallyobtained by searching is more comprehensive and accurate, so that a usercan actually find a required website address, thereby improving queryefficiency and accuracy. In addition, because the search server cansearch page content, an uncached bookmark website address does not needto be loaded on a browser side to perform a search, thereby reducingnetwork traffic and running pressure of a user terminal.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computerstorage medium, where the computer storage medium stores a program, anda part of or all steps of the information search method recorded in themethod embodiments in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 are included when the program inexecuted.

Further, refer to FIG. 8, which is a schematic structural diagram ofanother information search apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of thepresent invention. The information search apparatus 1 may include aprocessor 1001, a communications interface 1002, and a memory 1003 (aquantity of processors 1001 in the information search apparatus 1 may beone or more, and one processor 1001 is used as an example in FIG. 8). Insome embodiments of the present invention, the processor 1001, thecommunications interface 1002, and the memory 1003 may be connected byusing a communications bus or in another manner, where a connection byusing a communications bus is used as an example in FIG. 8.

The communications interface 1002 is configured to communicate with asearch server.

The memory 1003 is configured to store a program.

The processor 1001 is configured to execute the program, so as toimplement:

acquiring a query keyword input by a user and a bookmark websiteaddress;

acquiring a target bookmark website address according to the querykeyword and the bookmark website address, where a page to which thetarget bookmark website address points includes the query keyword; and

displaying a page label item corresponding to the target bookmarkwebsite address.

When executing a step of acquiring a target bookmark website addressaccording to the query keyword and the bookmark website address, theprocessor 1001 is specifically configured to:

when a page to which the bookmark website address points is not loadedor a page to which the bookmark website address points cannot besuccessfully loaded, send search request information that is associatedwith both the query keyword and the bookmark website address to thesearch server;

receive a search result that is obtained by the search server bysearching the page to which the bookmark website address points; and

determine, when it is determined, according to the search result, thatthe page to which the bookmark website address points includes the querykeyword, that the bookmark website address corresponding to the pageincluding the query keyword is the target bookmark website address.

When executing a step of sending search request information that isassociated with both the query keyword and the bookmark website addressto the search server, the processor 1001 is specifically configured to:

separately create, for each of the bookmark website address, a firstsearch request that is associated with the query keyword; and

separately send the created first search request to the search server,where

the first search request includes at least: an address of the searchserver, one bookmark website address, and the query keyword.

When executing a step of sending search request information that isassociated with both the query keyword and the bookmark website addressto the search server, the processor 1001 is specifically configured to:

create, for all bookmark website addresses, a second search request thatis associated with the query keyword; and

send the second search request to the search server, where

the second search request includes at least: an address of the searchserver, the query keyword, and all the bookmark website addresses.

When executing a step of determining, when it is determined, accordingto the search result, that the page to which the bookmark websiteaddress points includes the query keyword, that the bookmark websiteaddress corresponding to the page including the query keyword is thetarget bookmark website address, the processor 1001 is specificallyconfigured to:

determine whether a network address exists in the search result returnedby the search server, where the network address is an address that isfound by the search server and is corresponding to the page includingthe query keyword; and

if it is determined that the network address exists, determine whetherthe network address in the search result matches the bookmark websiteaddress; and

determine that the bookmark website address that matches the networkaddress in the search result is the target bookmark website address.

The processor 1001 is further configured to:

when a click operation on the page label item is detected, implement ajump to the page to which the target bookmark website address points; or

when a click operation on the page label item is detected, implement ajump to a page to which a web page snapshot address corresponding to thetarget bookmark website address points.

It can be seen from the foregoing, in this embodiment of the presentinvention, a search server determines, by searching, whether a page towhich each bookmark website address points includes a query keyword, andreturns a search result to a browser, so that the browser may obtain atarget bookmark website address according to the search result. Becausea page to which the target bookmark website address points includes thequery keyword, the target bookmark website address that is finallyobtained by searching is more comprehensive and accurate, so that a usercan actually find a required website address, thereby improving queryefficiency and accuracy. In addition, because the search server cansearch page content, an uncached bookmark website address does not needto be loaded on a browser side to perform a search, thereby reducingnetwork traffic and running pressure of a user terminal.

A person of ordinary skill in the art may understand that all or a partof the processes of the methods in the embodiments may be implemented bya computer program instructing relevant hardware. The program may bestored in a computer readable storage medium. When the program runs, theprocesses of the methods in the embodiments are performed. The storagemedium may include: a magnetic disk, an optical disc, a read-only memory(Read-Only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory,RAM), or the like.

What is disclosed above is merely exemplary embodiments of the presentinvention, and certainly is not intended to limit the protection scopeof the present invention. Therefore, equivalent variations made inaccordance with the claims of the present invention shall fall withinthe scope of the present invention.

1. An information search method, comprising: acquiring a query keyword input by a user and at least one bookmark website address; acquiring at least one target bookmark website address according to the query keyword and the at least one bookmark website address, wherein at least one page to which the at least one target bookmark website address points comprises the query keyword; and displaying a page label item corresponding to the at least one target bookmark website address.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring at least one target bookmark website address according to the query keyword and the at least one bookmark website address comprises: when a page to which one of the at least one bookmark website address points is not loaded or a page to which one of the at least one bookmark website address points cannot be successfully loaded, sending search request information that is associated with both the query keyword and the at least one bookmark website address to a search server; receiving a search result that is obtained by the search server by searching the at least one page to which the at least one bookmark website address points; and determining, when it is determined, according to the search result, that the at least one page to which the at least one bookmark website address points comprises the query keyword, that the at least one bookmark website address corresponding to the at least one page comprising the query keyword is the at least one target bookmark website address.
 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the sending search request information that is associated with both the query keyword and the bookmark website address to a search server comprises: separately creating, for each of the at least one bookmark website address, a first search request that is associated with the query keyword; and separately sending the created first search request to the search server, wherein the first search request comprises at least: an address of the search server, one bookmark website address, and the query keyword.
 4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the sending search request information that is associated with both the query keyword and the bookmark website address to a search server comprises: creating, for all the at least one bookmark website addresses, a second search request that is associated with the query keyword; and sending the second search request to the search server, wherein the second search request comprises at least: an address of the search server, the query keyword, and all the bookmark website addresses.
 5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining, when it is determined, according to the search result, that the page to which the bookmark website address points comprises the query keyword, that the bookmark website address corresponding to the page comprising the query keyword is the target bookmark website address comprises: determining whether a network address exists in the search result returned by the search server, wherein the network address is an address that is found by the search server and is corresponding to the page comprising the query keyword; if it is determined that the network address exists, determining whether the network address in the search result matches the bookmark website address; and determining that the bookmark website address that matches the network address in the search result is the target bookmark website address.
 6. The method according to claim 1, after the displaying a page label item corresponding to the target bookmark website address, further comprising: when a click operation on the page label item is detected, jumping to the page to which the target bookmark website address points; or when a click operation on the page label item is detected, jumping to a page to which a web page snapshot address corresponding to the target bookmark website address points.
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 13. A computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores a program, and the steps according to claim 1 is performed when the program is executed.
 14. An information search apparatus, comprising: a processor, a communications interface, and a memory, wherein the communications interface is configured to communicate with a search server; the memory is configured to store a program; and the processor is configured to execute the program, so as to implement: acquiring a query keyword input by a user and at least one bookmark website address; acquiring at least one target bookmark website address according to the query keyword and the at least one bookmark website address, wherein at least one page to which the at least one target bookmark website address points comprises the query keyword; and displaying a page label item corresponding to the at least one target bookmark website address.
 15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the processor is specifically configured to: when a page to which one of the at least one bookmark website address points is not loaded or a page to which one of the at least one bookmark website address points cannot be successfully loaded, send search request information that is associated with both the query keyword and the at least one bookmark website address to the search server; receive a search result that is obtained by the search server by searching the at least one page to which the at least one bookmark website address points; and determine, when it is determined, according to the search result, that the at least one page to which the at least one bookmark website address points comprises the query keyword, that the at least one bookmark website address corresponding to the at least one page comprising the query keyword is the at least one target bookmark website address.
 16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processor is specifically configured to: separately create, for each of the at least one bookmark website address, a first search request that is associated with the query keyword; and separately send the created first search request to the search server, wherein the first search request comprises at least: an address of the search server, one bookmark website address, and the query keyword.
 17. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processor is specifically configured to: create, for all the at least one bookmark website addresses, a second search request that is associated with the query keyword; and send the second search request to the search server, wherein the second search request comprises at least: an address of the search server, the query keyword, and all the bookmark website addresses.
 18. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processor is specifically configured to: determine whether a network address exists in the search result returned by the search server, wherein the network address is an address that is found by the search server and is corresponding to the page comprising the query keyword; and if it is determined that the network address exists, determine whether the network address in the search result matches the bookmark website address; and determine that the bookmark website address that matches the network address in the search result is the target bookmark website address.
 19. The apparatus according to claim 14 wherein the processor is further configured to: when a click operation on the page label item is detected, implement a jump to the page to which the target bookmark website address points; or when a click operation on the page label item is detected, implement a jump to a page to which a web page snapshot address corresponding to the target bookmark website address points. 